Inverted-edge hat carrier



April 10, 1928. 1,665,839

J. BERNSTEIN INVERTED EDGE HAT CARRIER Filed June 1926 INVENTOB:

.blanl Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

UNITED S TA T-ES PATENT OFFICE JACOB BERNSTEIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INVERTED-EDGE I HAT CARRIER.

,Ap'plieation-filed-June 16, 1926. Serial No. 116,352.

My invention relates to a new and useful inverted edge hat carrier, frame, or form, of

the type employed in hat boxes, trunks'and the like, properly to support'a hat in position in such box or trunk, to a novel method, whereby a 'hat carrier or and it also-relates made heretofore.

My invention relates more particularly to-anovel method of making hat carriers of this type, whereby a blank or core is first moulded upon a heated mouldto the desired shape, ofany suitable sized textile or other fibrous material, such as burlap, shoe duck, or 'buckramete, and whereby the blank or core thus moulded, issubsequently covered with a suitable surfacing or covering textile material, usually the same fabric as the lining of the trunk or box in which the hat carrier is adapted to be mounted.

My invention consists more particularly, in wetting or dampeninga suitable piece of burlap, shoe duck or buckramcte suitably sized, so as to be relatively stiff and shape retaining in the normal condition thereof, placing this wetted or moist material in a suitable metallic mould, which is heated by any suitable means, closing the mould and thus shaping the fabric intoa blank or core of the desired hat shape. The form isthen allowed to dry until it is firmly set. In this condition. the edge of the rim of'the mould or core blank is 'trimmed'to'the finished size and shape. The moulded and trimmed i or core is then moistened again and placed in the same heated mould, a piece of surfacing fabric of any desired material is superimposed upon the moulded and trimmed blank form, in the moist condition, and the mould'is then again closed so as to unitethe finishing or surfacing fabric with the moulded blank or core.

The surfacing fabric, which is usually the same material as the lining of the trunk, or box into which the hat carrier is to be mounted, is then turned over the finished or trimmed edge of the rim of the hat carrier blank or core, that is, it is inverted onto the underside of the rim, and is secured in this condition by a row of stitches applied by a sewing machine or the like. The stitched edge of the surfacing fabric is then trimmed .tion, I have 'tice satisfactory and been trimmed at the edge of :finished shape.

a finished'hat carrier closeto the row of stitches, thus finishing up the carrier.

By this novel construction and methodof making inverted edge hat carriers, the hind 'iug of the edge of the rim by a separate binding tape 15 entirely eliminated and the moulding operation is greatly facilitated.

F or thepurpose of illustrating my invenshown in the accompanying drawings, forms thereof which are at present preferred by me since they will give in prac- :reliable results, although it is to be mulerstood that the various instrumcntalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged andorganized and that my invention is'notlimitedto the precise arrangement and organization of these instrun'ientalitics as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of sized textile fabric before moulding.

Figure'Q represents a vertical section of a mould adapted for moulding the blank or core, as well for the application ofthe surfacing .fabric to the moulded core.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view ofrthe moulded blank or core after it has the rim to the of a piece in the original state,

Figure #lrcprcscnts a perspectiveviewsim- 'il-ar'to that shown in Figure 3,'with the outer surfacing fabric applied and moulded to the inner core.

Figure 5 represents a vertical. section of embodying my inventron.

In carrying out mynovel method of making hat carriers, I take a suitable piece of shoe duck, burlap or buckramete (Figure 1-), which has been properly sized, and ap ply thereto a sufli'cient quantity of water, to make it limp, andthen place it on the male member 1 of a suitablemould 2. The male member is heated 'by'any suitable means, such as by supplying a suitable medium to the hollow interior thereof, as through a suitable conduit 3. The upper or female member of the mould 4 is then brought down upon the moistened and limp piece of sized burlap or other suitable fabric 5, with sufficient pressure, and retained. in this closed position a sufiicient length of time properly to mould and form the fabric into the shape shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive. The

mould is then opened and the moulded blank which forms the inner core of, the finished carrier is allowed to dry and set firmly, and to become substantially rigid.

The moulded blank or core 7 is then removed from the mould and the rim 11 thereof is trimmed along the edge 6 to provide a finished edge of the desired size and shape, indicated in Figure 3. The moulded blank orcore 7 is stored in this condition,

andhept in stock until it is desired to malte up a finished hat carrier.

hen it is desired to make up a quantity of finished but carriers, such as shown in sectional view in Figure 5, the moulded and trimmedblank or core 7 is placed on the male member 1 of the mould E2, and a piece of surfacing material 8, of any suitable size to cover the outside of the hat carrier. and of any desired pattern, is then superimposed upon the moistened blank or core. The upper half -l of the mould :2 is then closed down upon the blanl: and surfacing fabric 8, thereby snugly placing the surfacing fabric in contact with the moistened and heated blank or core 7. By retaining the two in pressure contact. in this heated condition, the sizing material in the body of the core 7 firmly unites the same with the surfacing fabric and produces a smooth upper surface of the patterned fabric, with the free edges of the said fabric overhanging the rim 11 of the hat blank or core.

hen the moulded article is then removed from the mould, it is in the condition shown in Figure l. i In this condition the free and loose edges 9 of the surfacing fabric 8 are turned underneath the rim 11, as indicated in Figure 5, and secured by a row of stitches 10 parallel and adjacent to the edge 6 of the rim, also shown in Figure 5. The loose edge or excess of the fabric 8 is then trimmed close to the row of stitches 10 thereby producing the finished product, shown in Figure 5.

The rim 11 of the finished hat carrier may be suitably apertured, as at 12, and provided with the upper halves of the snap fasteners 13, the lower halves of which (not shown in the drawings), are secured to the bottom of the hat box or trunk, in proper spaced relation, so that the hat carrier may he quickly and detachably secured in posi tion in the hat carrier or trunk by merely snapping on the fasteners 13.

Thus by my novel construction in a hat carrier having an inverted edge, I have eliminated the separate binding tape heretofore employed, which not only possessed an unsightly appearance, but was not durable, and by my novel inverted edge hat carrier and method of making the same, I am enabled to produce a more durable product, with a saving in time, and at a lower cost.

It will now be z-rpparent that I hare devised a novel and useful inverted edge hat carrier which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the state' ment of the invention 2 i the above descrip tion, and while hav, in the present instance shown and described preferred embodiments thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that such embodiments are susceptible of mml'lication in various particulars, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of it" advantages.

Living thus described my invention, what it claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A hat carrier of the character stated, consisting of a substantially rigid inner core comprising a crown portion and a rim portion of sized woven textile material, an outer layer of surfacing fabric snugly se cured to the outer-surface of the crown portion and the upper surface of the rim portion of the core by the adhesion of the sizing within the latter; the free edge of the surfacing fabric being turned under the rim of the core and secured thereto by a row of stitches passing therethrough and through the rim, and a plurality of snap fasteners secured to the rim.

2. A hat carrier the character stated, consisting of a substantially rigid inner core comprising a crown portion and a rim portion of sized textile material, an outer layer of surfacing fabric snugly secured to the outer surface of the crown portion and the upper surface of the rim portion of the core by the adhesion of the sizing within the latter; the free edge of the surfacing fabric being secured to the edge of the rim of the core by a row of stitches passing therethrough and through the rim. and a plurality of snap fasteners secured to the rim.

JACOB BERNSTEIN. 

